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Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself also without precedent.

Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself also without precedent.

Simone Weil
Live In The Moment, Saint, Today
Simone Weil (2009). “Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)”, p.28, Routledge

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at.

Simone Weil
Intellectual, Unions, Today
Simone Weil (2013). “Oppression and Liberty”, p.22, Routledge

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